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The wild turkey is an elusive bird. To get the gobbler, get the know-how. Strategies, management and gear for the hunt can all be found right here.

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What to Do if You Don’t Take a Turkey as Soon as He’s Flown Down

with Terry Drury Even though Mark is a World Champion turkey caller, knowing where the turkeys want to be and getting to that place before they do is much-more effective than fancy calling. We want to become a part of that turkey’s natural daily routine. Ninety-eight percent of the time, woodsmanship will pay more turkey dividends than great calling will.

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Terry Drury on Getting Close to Take a Turkey’s Temperature

That’s one of the real secrets to consistently taking turkeys. If you study the turkeys on the land you hunt, if you know where they like to roost, and where they like to fly to when they leave the roost, you can take turkeys throughout turkey season. When we first started hunting turkeys on our land, we didn’t have the birds patterned very well. Now that we’ve been hunting this property for many years, when

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Terry's Turkey Tips

The first turkey I ever took was with Toxey Haas, the founder of Mossy Oak. Toxey came to hunt with us in Bloomsdale, Missouri, where our mom and dad live, and where Mark and I grew up. Finally, my turn came to pack the gun, and Mark’s turn came to run the camera. Toxey and I went hunting, and Toxey called in that first turkey for me.

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Turkey Cost Per Pound

Why would you incur such a cost when you could just walk in the store and buy one for $1.59 a pound? I’m sure in his and others minds we turkey hunters must be crazy and while that may be true, I actually feel my $100 a pound bird is one of the best deals I get each year and it’s easily justified.

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Three Keys to Being Successful

I would like to focus on the 3 key elements that I believe to be the most important things when it comes to hunting. While doing seminars for Mossy Oak at various outdoor events around the mid-south, the question I get the most is, “What can I do to improve my odds and be more successful out in the field?” This is a very simple answer that surprises most folks when I reveal the answer.

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Tip #5 – Woodsmanship Is the Key to Successfully Hunting Turkeys

A good woodsman often will take more turkeys than a good turkey caller. If you learn where the gobblers are, where they like to feed, where they like to strut, where they like to get water, and where they go when they sense danger in the woods, then you can hunt and take gobblers without a call.

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Tip #4 – When Hunting Turkeys Don’t Leave Home without Pruners, Saws and Cushions

What you take into turkey grounds with you often determines what you bring out of the turkey woods. Turkey hunting is unlike most other forms of hunting, especially in the East. You may know the area of the woods you’re going to hunt, but most of the time you don’t know where you’ll have to set-up to get a turkey. Being prepared to set-up anywhere at anytime is a critical ingredient to being able to

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Tip #3 – Go High for Gobblers

Hunting from an elevated tree stand is another tactic I’ll use. A full-grown turkey gobbler isn’t worried about hawks or owls that hunt in the sky trying to kill it. So, turkeys rarely will look-up. If you plan to use a tree stand or hunt from an elevated platform, make sure it’s legal in the state you hunt. Some states don’t permit hunters to hunt from elevated platforms, while other states do. Check your local

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Tip #2 – Don’t Move When You’re Hunting Turkeys

Many hunters don’t realize how still you have to be when you’re turkey hunting. Most hunters don’t consider where the turkey’s eyes are located on his head. A turkey’s eyes are on the side of his head – not on the front of his head like our eyes. We can see straight ahead, but we don’t have very-good peripheral vision. A turkey has 180-degree eyesight in each of his eyes and can spot the slightest

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Get Your Gobbler This Season

Bucky Hauser of Virginia is a member of Mossy Oak’s Pro Staff and has been hunting turkeys for 25 years. This week we asked Bucky to give us five tips that will help us take turkeys this season.

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NEW Avian-X Feeder Hen Decoy

The new Avian-X Feeder Hen decoy for 2014 has many of the same lifelike features as the previous Avian-X decoys we have reviewed such as "No-Flake" paint scheme, true-to-life body posture, incredible feather detailing and realistic eyes. Crafted from rugged Dura-Rubber, the LCD folds tightly and fits easily into a turkey vest, yet won't crease or dent like earlier folding decoys. Avian-X also provides a storage bag with the Feeder Hen that you can use

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Mossy Oak ProStaffers Finish in Top 5 at NWTF Calling Contest

Mossy Oak congratulates ProStaffers Matt Van Cise, Billy Yargus and Shane Hendershot for their top finishes in the 2014 NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Contest Senior Division.

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Chris Kirby Explains How to Hunt the Turkey That Refuses to Come in to Gun Range

Often when you’re calling to a turkey, he may stop 50 - 60 yards away from you and not come in, although he continues to gobble. You need to quit calling, because that gobbler expects to see a hen. When he comes into an area and thinks he should see a hen and doesn’t see a hen, he gets really suspicious. Many times, when you quit calling, the gobbler will come in silently to you,

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Chris Kirby Tells How to Take the Turkey That Gobbles and Walks Away

My best suggestion for taking turkeys that gobble and then walks away is to get close enough to throw a hand grenade to them. Remember this to always help you in turkey hunting: When you’re not in the woods, many events are happening.

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Chris Kirby – How to Hunt Hushed Mouth Turkeys at the First of the Season

If you have done a sufficient job of scouting your turkeys, you should know where they are, and when they will be there, even if they don’t gobble. I really believe that scouting is far more important than calling, even though I make turkey calls.

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